ONLINE - Glimpses of Early Ridgefield: A Stroll Down Main Street with Period Postcards - Part 1 of 2

“Glimpses of Ridgefield Past” is a guided video tour of Main Street a century or more ago, using over 60 color postcards and other old images from the early 20th Century. The mile and a third “trek” from Casagmo to Wilton Road West includes several side trips on village streets.

There are four episodes, each running around 20 to 25 minutes. Each webinar event will feature two of the episodes. After each narration, viewers will have the opportunity to ask Jack Sanders questions via the Zoom Q and A function.

A Fairfield County native and graduate of Holy Cross, Jack Sanders retired in 2014 after 45 years as an editor of The Ridgefield Press. He’s written nine books on history and natural history, including Wicked Ridgefield, Ridgefield Chronicles, and Hidden History of Ridgefield for The History Press, The Secrets of Wildflowers (Lyons), and Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles (McGraw-Hill). He also created and administers the 10-year-old “Old Ridgefield” group on Facebook, which has more than 5,800 followers. He and his wife, Sally, a retired newspaper editor who is on the board of the Ridgefield Historical Society, live in a 250-year old farmhouse in Ridgefield.

This program is a part of Ridgefield’s Adult Summer Reading Program and is made possible thanks to the Ridgefield Friends of the Library. It is also co-sponsored by Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center and The Ridgefield Historical Society.

Please register below. A Zoom link will be sent to you when you register. If you do not receive the Zoom link, please check your spam folder or contact lalambton@ridefieldlibrary.org